befall

In her essay, Schlossberg acknowledged that her terminal illness adds to a string of tragedies that has befallen the famous political family.

With head-scratching lyrics like, “Why should a land have so much meaning when dark times befall it? It’s just a land made of dirt and rock,” they confuse far more than they entertain.

Ought she lie, and say some horrible fate had befallen her speech, thus rendering it unspeakable?

“I hope no terrible fate has befallen her,” Penelope said, alarmed.

Like most of what befell them in the financial markets, their first brush with a big Wall Street firm was delightfully weird but ultimately inexplicable.